The Castle of Crossed Destinies

A magical, mystical novella about the art and power of storytelling, this is Italo Calvino''s miniature masterpiece. A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then in a tavern. Their powers of speech have been magically taken from them. Instead, they have only tarot cards with which to tell their tales. What follows is an exquisite interlinking of narratives, and a fantastic, surreal and chaotic history of all human consciousness. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Italo Calvino
• Mitarbeit: William Weaver (Übersetzung), Weaver William (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Vintage UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 02.07.2026
• EAN: 9781529980837
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-8083-7
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Brief Encounters
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Tarot, FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, Fiction in translation, Speculative fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general, Literature of Italy